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The eighth season of Vote for the Girls premiered on September 12, 2016 and is set to end in the spring of 2017. Ava Zinn officially announced Vote for the Girls's renewal on March 28, 2016.[1]
Ava Zinn and Holly Everman returned for their eighth consecutive season with Lanise White, Kendra Ray, Kymberly Alvaraz, Tracia Ward, Danni McClannahan, Kathi Jameson, and Karly Jameson returning for their second season. Former moderator Hillary Matthewson, who returned after a two season absence, Rachael Passalt, Ann Dwyar, Kylie Dwyar, Marti McDaniel, Breeanna Sorensen, Donna Doogan, joined the moderator panel following the departures of Kellie Rock, Kathy Roberts, and Julia Passalt[2][3][4]. Six additional moderators Nadia Lorenzo, Maci Blanca, Sophia Williams, Natasha Gower, Jenny Riva, and Tulissa Kümmert all signed on
Archibald Coolranch returned for his eighth season with Clark Jones returning for his fourth season as well as Luka Runecraft and Glenn Swaringen returning for their second season as villains with new villains Phil Allen, Ted Shields, Steve Baker, Bill Delagatto, Kye Sanchez and Tavon Savage.
Many of the site's moderator or villains season broke records or made history for the show in a number of ways.
- Archibald Coolranch's six season winning streak on America's Got Talent ended after his final pick Julia Scotti was eliminated.
- Bill Delagatto was the first villain to be disqualified for mistakenly picking a Vote for the Girls pick.
- Tavon Savage became the first male moderator or villain to win on Vote for the Girls upon Grace VanderWaal's win on America's Got Talent.
- Phil Allen became the first transman on Vote for the Girls upon the America's Got Talent 11 third place finish of Jon Dorbenos.
This season also marked a first in the site's history:
- This season is the first to not use the "Moderator's Save," which was introduced in the sixth season, and therefore making the first time a loss on VFTG was declared on So You Think You Can Dance.
- It is the first Double victory where the winner and runner-up of America's Got Talent were both VFTG picks chosen by Zinn's Villains.
- ↑ "Ava Zinn Announces Vote for the Girls Junior Edition, Includes Fall and Spring Cycle of 'Vote for the Girls'". March 28, 2016.
- ↑ Kellie Rock Leaving ‘Vote for the Girls’. Aeverine Zinn Holdings (September 5, 2015). Retrieved on March 26, 2016.
- ↑ "Julia Passalt not returning to 'Vote for the Girls': It's (finally) official". KFMN-FTV. March 3, 2016.
- ↑ "Kathy Roberts Bows Out of Vote for the Girls". WXWI. March 27, 2016.}